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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other factor that we need to look at before we seek for more funds, is that the curriculum, either in our primary or secondary schools is never implemented. It is never implemented because we do not have an adequate number of teachers to handle the curriculum. We do not have enough number of teachers to effectively carry out the syllabus. It is, therefore, imperative and prudent that the Government must pay more attention to this sector. We have trained teachers in this country; although their parents have paid fees for them, they have not been employed. They are now idle and they are almost coming to the retirement age even before they are engaged by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This is total shame. We cannot allow this thing in this nation. We have noted that some of these teachers are crossing the border and they are employed in Tanzania and Uganda. We need to utilize these resources in this nation if only adequate funds are released. The other issue that we need to note is that we lack role models in our schools. You can imagine when a head master or a principal reports in the morning in the school A or B and he is drunk. They need to improve on the role model regarding the leadership of our institutions. The sponsors of our institutions, be they the Catholic Church, PCEA or AIC, need to play a greater role in terms of making sure that the moral stand in our schools is maintained. It is also the responsibility of the Government to make sure that we have water in all our schools because if you took your child to a private academy, water is there constantly. We also need all our schools to be connected with electricity. If these basic requirements are implemented in our schools, we are likely to improve the quality of education in our institutions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also worth noting that children in our schools learn while hungry, whereas, in these academies, the children are well fed. More money must be invested in the school feeding programme so that the children do not learn on empty stomachs. It is, therefore, important that adequate funds must be generated and released to the education sector if we really need to improve the quality of education in our schools. Under-staffing in our schools is of great concern. This morning, the issue of understaffing in our schools was raised by an hon. Member. We remember well that we have about 60,000 teachers lacking in our schools. It is important, therefore, that enough money is released to the TSC so that an adequate number of teachers is realized and, therefore, reduce the shortage of teachers in our schools. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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